Turning Japanese (Entrepreneurial)
Is a start-up wave sweeping Japan? Read story
Michael P. Cronin
The Love Hotel
By Michael P. Cronin | Mar 15, 1995
Travel to Japen and visit a "Love Hotel," a high tech haven where people use technology to keep liaisons secret. Read story
On-the-Spot Screen Test
By Michael P. Cronin | Dec 1, 1994
A short piece about a personnel agency that uses telephone interviews and role playing for hiring job applicants. Read story
Financial Education for the Masses
By Michael P. Cronin | Dec 1, 1994
An overview of a service that provides companies with financial-education materials for their employees. Read story
Health-Care Initiatives
By Michael P. Cronin | Dec 1, 1994
A graph displaying the findings of an Ernst Young survey that examined how companies are controlling insurance prices. Read story
Benefits: Getting Personal
By Michael P. Cronin | Nov 1, 1994
A quick look at a company that offers its employees a series of seminars that range from investments to fitness. Read story
Motivation: Motivation the Old-Fashioned Way
By Michael P. Cronin | Nov 1, 1994
A short article profiling an employee-recognition program set up to reward a furniture manufacturer's workforce. Read story
Open Books: You Gotta Have a Gimmick
By Michael P. Cronin | Nov 1, 1994
A glimpse at how a manager illustrates his company's financial statements so employee's understand the basics. Read story
Regulation: 'Activist' Labor Department
By Michael P. Cronin | Nov 1, 1994
A quick explanation of why Joseph E. Kalet's book 'Primer on FLSA Other Wage and Hour Laws' is an important resource. Read story
Administration: The Affordable HR Pro
By Michael P. Cronin | Oct 1, 1994
A quick look at a CEO who established a part-time HR postion when his staff swelled to 40. Read story
Independent Contractors: Garlic for Tax Vampires
By Michael P. Cronin | Oct 1, 1994
A quick look at an anonymous trucking firm's owner who ensured "independent contractor" status for contracted help. Read story
Benchmark: Real Costs of Euro-Workers
By Michael P. Cronin | Oct 1, 1994
A graph comparing employer's manatory and voluntary costs in various taxes verus employee's costs in 7 European states. Read story
Workplace Violence: Defusing Dangerous Employees
By Michael P. Cronin | Oct 1, 1994
A lawyer presents guidelines to balance federal requirements with employee protection to avoid lawsuits. Read story
Hiring: Try Taping Those Interviews
By Michael P. Cronin | Sep 1, 1994
Two personnel experts share tips on making audio recordings of interviews and what to watch out for when taping. Read story
Family Business: Tough Love
By Michael P. Cronin | Sep 1, 1994
Some thoughts on how to craft a family-employment policy, and how to order a free two-page outline on the same topic. Read story
Benchmark: Meaningful Meetings
By Michael P. Cronin | Sep 1, 1994
Some data from a survey of managers asking how they run meetings, and percentages for various techniques used. Read story
Firing: A Dirty Job...
By Michael P. Cronin | Sep 1, 1994
A short review of James Walsh's book 'Rightful Termination,' including purchasing information. Read story
Asking Workers What They Want
By Michael P. Cronin | Aug 1, 1994
One company asked its employees what they needed to know before setting up training programs. Read story
Book Money
By Michael P. Cronin | Aug 1, 1994
Tips for finding state-provided grant money to improve employees' skills Read story
Resources: Minister of Funny Talks
By Michael P. Cronin | Aug 1, 1994
A quick review of an open-book management training film, starring John Cleese, and how to obtain it. Read story
How to Comply with the ADA
By Michael P. Cronin | Aug 1, 1994
The Americans with Disabilities Act now applies to companies with only 15 or more employees. Read story
And Whose Syringe Might This Be?
By Michael P. Cronin | Aug 1, 1994
Why one company had to institute a drug policy and how they did it. Read story
Beat the Ratio, Get a Bonus
By Michael P. Cronin | Jul 1, 1994
One CEO set up an incentive plan to encourage staffers to control payroll costs. Read story
Dingdong! OSHA Calling
By Michael P. Cronin | Jul 1, 1994
How to handle OSHA inspections properly. Read story
His CPA Is on the Board
By Michael P. Cronin | Jul 1, 1994
One CEO invited his CPA to join his board of directors to benefit from savvy financial advice. Read story
Coping with Stress Claims
By Michael P. Cronin | Jun 1, 1994
How to make yourself less vulnerable to employee lawsuits claiming disabling workplace stress. Read story
Reference Etiquette
By Michael P. Cronin | Jun 1, 1994
Brief review of 'Reference Checking Handbook,' from the Society for Human Resource Management Read story
A Leg Up from the Bank
By Michael P. Cronin | Jun 1, 1994
One company offers its employees a package of discounted and free banking services. Read story
Like Cookie, Like Company
By Michael P. Cronin | May 1, 1994
With baking cookies as an analogy, financials made more sense to employees of a furniture-making company. Read story
When Contractors Aren't
By Michael P. Cronin | May 1, 1994
'The Employer's Guide to Using Independent Contractors' details IRS guidelines to determining status of workers. Read story
No More 'Us Versus Them'
By Michael P. Cronin | May 1, 1994
White-collar employees at auto lube shop work on the shop floor one day a month. Read story
Does California Show How?
By Michael P. Cronin | May 1, 1994
A California cooperative helps small businesses negotiate better rates from health insurers. Read story
The Eye-Opening Employee-Benefits Work Sheet
By Michael P. Cronin | Apr 1, 1994
Company shares financial data with employees by having them calculate the value of their compensation package. Read story
It's Geek-O-Rama Time!
By Michael P. Cronin | Apr 1, 1994
A bioremediation company makes the most out of its industry's esoteric jargon by making it a contest. Read story
I Spy
By Michael P. Cronin | Apr 1, 1994
Congress is considering a bill that would limit electronic surveillance in the workplace. Read story
Benchmark: Where Workers Learn
By Michael P. Cronin | Apr 1, 1994
A graph displaying SBA data that rates the amount of formal and informal training various sized companies offer. Read story
Buying Coverage as a Team
By Michael P. Cronin | Apr 1, 1994
CEO of an 18-employee company formed an alliance with other small businesses to bargain with health insurers. Read story
Plaudits for the Buddy System
By Michael P. Cronin | Mar 1, 1994
Company president talks monthly with 24 employees about policy, performance, etc.--in Spanish and English. Read story
The Proof's in the Quick Quiz
By Michael P. Cronin | Mar 1, 1994
Company owner assesses efficacy of management training by giving employees yearly pop quizzes. Read story
The Difference a Stake Makes
By Michael P. Cronin | Mar 1, 1994
Resource for setting up an employee stock ownership plan. Read story
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